Pendower Open Air School, West Road

Pendower Open Air School, West Road

HER Number
9259
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Pendower Open Air School, West Road
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
Open Air School
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Formerly listed grade II, now demolished and delisted in 2016.
Between 2017 and 2018 Vindomora Solutions Ltd exposed and recorded the remains of the open-air school and rest shed. It was identified that the rest-shed truncated the Roman Vallum.
Former listing description:
Open-air school 1925. Rendered brick on north and west; full-width folding glazed doors on other walls; slate roofs. Main L-plan block and 3 pavilions stepping forward from south arm. Hall at north and classrooms at west have glazed corridors. 3 pavilions have whole sides which open; and low pyramidal roofs. Built in an attempt to combat the high rate of serious illness among schoolchildren. Listed for sociological interest.
Easting
421435
Northing
564763
Grid Reference
NZ421435564763
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/562; Historic England, 8 August 2016, Advice Report (List Entry Number 1338202); Liddell, T. Pendower Hall: The 19th-21st Century, Vindomora Solutions Ltd, HER4861